Portable object supporting stand



y 15, 1962 J. c. TRINDL 3,034,754

PORTABLE OBJECT SUPPORTING STAND Filed March 1, 1960 12 2221: far

United States Patent Ofiice 3',34,754 Patented May 15, 1962 3,034,754 PORTABLE OBJECT SUPPORTING STAND John C. Trindl, 9219 Ogden Ave, Brookfield, Ill. Filed Mar. 1, 1960, Ser. No. 12,185 1 Claim. (Cl. 248-158) This invention relates to object supporting stands and more particularly relates to a portable floor lamp stand which is adapted to be mounted in juxtaposition to a vertical wall.

Still more specifically, this invention is directed to an improvement in ordinary floor lamps which permits the lamps to be mounted against a vertical wall and, if so desired, directly behind furniture placed adjacent the wall.

I have devised a portable lamp support having a horizontally extending base section and having a lamp support member extending upwardly therefrom and connected thereto at a point adjacent an edge of the base support which may be positioned in juxtaposition to a vertical wall so that the vertical support will lie adjacent the wall.

The base structure has horizontally extending legs which extend outwardly from the wall past the center of gravity of the lamp stand a sufiicient distance to hold the vertical support in juxtaposition to the wall.

In one embodiment of the invention the base structure is jointed and has a pair of base members pivotally interconnected with one another and a pair of legs pivotally mounted on the outer ends of the base member so that the supporting structure may be adapted either to fit against a flat vertical wall or in the corner of a right angular vertical wall. Furthermore, since the legs are pivotally mounted on the base members their positions may be varied to accommodate the placement of furniture within a room.

It will also be understood that where the base members are pivotally interconnected with one another they may be adjusted at right angles to one another and so be adapted to fit within the corner of a room with one base member lying along each wall. In one of the figures of the drawings I have also illustrated a base section which is not jointed but which is formed in a right angular configuration and which is solely adapted for such corner mounting.

In the embodiment of the invention including a pair of legs pivotally mounted on the base members, I have also illustrated a means for varying the point of pivotal connection of those legs with the base members along the longitudinal axes of the base members. Thus, when the legs are disposed in axial alignment with their respective base members they may be extended or retracted as desired to provide the proper support for the lamp stand while also permitting positioning of the supporting legs to accommodate spacial requirements.

The base section which I have devised extends substantially through a horizontal plane so that a large portion of it may be disposed beneath furniture placed next to the stand.

In view of the foregoing it is a principal object of the present invention to provide a portable floor lamp stand which is adapted to be mounted with its upstanding lamp support in juxtaposition to a vertical wall.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a base structure for the stand which may be dis-posed adjacent either a Hat wall or in the corner of a room and which is adapted to hold the upstanding support for the lamp in juxtaposition to the wall.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a base structure for supporting a lamp which has the upstanding lamp support member disposed adjacent one edge thereof so that the support member may be disposed adjacent the wall and which extends through a horizontal plane so that furniture or the like may be placed thereover.

Yet another object of the invention resides in the provision of a base supporting structure of the type generally described above which is jointed to accommodate positioning thereof either against a flat wall or in the corner of a room and which is also so adjustable that the length of the supporting leg may be varied as desired.

These and other objects of the invention will appear from time to time as the following specification proceeds and with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is pictorial View of a portable floor lamp stand having a base section constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a plan view of the base section illustrated in FIGURE 1 showing the upstanding lamp support member in horizontal section;

FIGURE 3 is a view of the base section illustrated in FIGURE 2 taken along lines III-III of FIGURE 2 and showing some parts in side elevation and others in vertical section;

FIGURE 4 is a plan view of the base section illustrated in FIGURES 1 through 3 with the outer legs in a different pivoted position; and

FIGURE 5 is a plan view of another embodiment of the invention.

Referring initially to FIGURE 1 of the drawings a portable lamp stand 10 comprises a base section 11, an upstanding support 12, an outwardly extending arm 13, and a lamp fixture 14 mounted on the arm 13. The up standing support 12 may comprise a member of tubular steel having current carrying wires disposed therein and leading to the lamp fixture 14, as desired.

The base section 11 comprises a pair of base members 15 and 16 and a pair of legs 17 and 18 which, in turn, are pivotally interconnected to the members 15 and 16. The base members 15 and 16 are pivotally interconnected with one another by means of a pivot pin 19 extending through aligned apertures in those members and having outwardly flared surfaces at the opposite ends thereof which engage complementary wall portions of the members; the member 16 being stepped to overlay one end of the member 15.

A headed screw 21 is screw threaded into a bore formed in the upper face of the base member 15 which is slidably receivable within an arcuate aperture 22 formed in a fan-tail section 23 or" the base member 16. 'It will be noted from the position of the headed screw 21 in FIG- URE 2 that the base members 15 and 16 may be pivoted until their longitudinal axes are aligned with one another.

When the base members 15 and 16 have been pivoted to a desired position, the headed screw 21 may then be tightened to lock the base members in that position.

The legs 17 and 18 are pivotally mounted on the outer ends of the base members 15 and 16, respectively, by screws 24 which extend through elongated slots 25 and 26 in those respective members and which are formed along the longitudinal axes thereof. The screws 24 are threaded into nuts 27 so that when the legs have been positioned in the desired manner, relative to the base mem bers, the legs may be locked in the position by tightening the screws 24.

The base members 15, 16 and the legs 17, 18 have depending feet 28 and 29, respectively, formed integrally therewith which support the entire base section 11 on the floor. Although the base members 15, 16 and the legs 17, 18 might be so formed as to have a large portion of their surfaces seating directly on the floor it has been found desirable to provide a plurality of spaced depending feet for supporting the base section in order to compensate for any irregularities in floor level and to thereby provide a more rigid support.

The tubular upstanding lamp support 12 is screw threaded into the fan-tail 23 of the base member 16 at the pivotal axis of the base members 15, 16.

It will thus be observed that by locking the cooperating members of the base section 11 in the position illustrated in FIGURE 2, the lamp stand may be placed in the corner of a room as indicated in FIGURE 1 with the right angularly shaped base section disposed with its legs adjacent each leg of the right angular vertical wall. The upstanding tubular support 12 will then be disposed very close to the wall corner and will not interfere with the placement of furniture within the room. It will further be understood that the legs 17 and 18 may be pivoted relative to the base members 15 and 16, respectively, and moved retractably within the elongated slots 25 to- Ward the support member 12 so long as they are extended a sufiicient distance past the center of gravity of the lamp stand 10 to maintain the stand in an upright position.

In FIGURE 5, I have illustrated another embodiment of the invention which comprises a one-piece base section 30 formed in the configuration of the base section 11 when it is in the adjusted position illustrated in FIG- URE 2.

It will be understood that the base section in each embodiment of the invention comprises a substantially horizontally extending structure which lies very close to the fioor. This feature of the base section permits it to be placed beneath furniture so that it will not interfere with the placement of furniture within a room.

As illustrated in FIGURE 4 the base members 15 and 16 may be pivoted so their longitudinal axes are coaxially aligned with one another to provide a substantially straight back. The legs 17 and 18 are pivoted relative to the base members 15 and 16 so as to extend substantially perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axes thereof so as to provide means for positioning a lamp stand 4 such as that illustrated in FIGURE 1 against a fiat wall, rather than within the corner of a room. It Will, of course, be understood that a unitary structure might be formed in the configuration of the jointed structure illustrated in FIGURE 4 if a lamp stand limited for use against a flat vertical wall were desired.

It will also be understood that these embodiments of the invention have been used for illustrative purposes only and that various modifications and variations in the invention may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts thereof.

I claim as my invention:

A portable floor lamp stand adapted to be mounted in juxtaposition to a vertical wall comprising: a pair of elongated pivotally interconnected horizontally extending base members; a leg pivotally mounted on at least one of said base members for pivotal movement through a horizontal plane at a point remote from the junction of said base members; means for varying the point of pivotal connection of said leg with said base member along the longitudinal axis of said base member; and support means extending upwardly from at least one of said base members at the point of pivotal interconnection of said base members; wherein said leg may be positioned with a portion thereof opposite the center of gravity of the stand from the wall a suflicient distance to hold said support means in juxtaposition to the wall.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,350,963 Fowler Aug. 24, 1920 1,464,279 Hindley Aug. 7, 1923 2,521,355 Ford Sept. 5, 1950 2,964,202 Gingher Dec. 13, 1960 FOREIGN PATENTS 192,015 Great Britain Jan. 25, 1923 679,995 Great Britain Sept. 24, 1952 

